State to Set Speed Limits in All DeKalb County School Zones At 25 MPH

All speed limits in school zones in DeKalb County will be 25 miles per hour by the time school starts again this fall.
Local officials recently made the request of the State Department of Transportation and Smithville Mayor Taft Hendrixson said Monday night during the city council meeting that TDOT has granted approval.
The school zone on Highway 70 at DeKalb County High School and DeKalb Middle School will go from 15 mph to 25 mph and the school zone on Highway 56 north at Northside Elementary School will be reduced from 30 mph to 25 mph. The school zone at Smithville Elementary School will be changed from 15 mph to 25 mph and will be relocated from Highway 56 south to East Bryant Street.
The school zone at DeKalb West School on Highway 70 at Liberty will remain 25 mph.